"Documentary Storytelling is one of the few books that focuses on making films from reality, and offers to videographers a clear education on how to transform the real events around you into a powerful story... I continue to use her ideas in the event videos I produce for my clients. One of the many concepts in her book that has inspired me is the idea of 'shooting for the story.' Since weddings and events are largely unscripted, her techniques for documentary storytelling have been invaluable."

—Brett Culp, The CVP Experience (May 2008)

"With the availability of high-quality affordable cameras and editing equipment, documentary filmmakers today enjoy a freedom in shaping their films that their counterparts a decade ago couldn't have imagined. As the new aesthetic is shaped, Sheila Curran Bernard's brilliant and effective Documentary Storytelling, Second Edition: Making Stronger and More Dramatic Nonfiction Films aims to guide the Errol Morrises of tomorrow with great advice and practical knowledge that every documentarian would benefit from..... the best reason to own this book is the 100-plus pages Bernard dedicates to interviews with 10 filmmakers who work in the documentary world....[T]he filmmakers' insights into the process of creating compelling nonfiction stories will inspire anyone with a yearning to make documentaries to get off their duffs and do it."